Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Khmer Krom Group Urges More Government Support
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Khmer Krom denied of Khmer citizenship ... while the illegal Yuons are freely
provided with Khmer citizenship?
Khmer Krom asylum seekers, recently deported from Thailand, at their temporary
shelter in a Phnom Penh pagoda on Thursday. (Photo by: Sovan Philong)
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Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote
of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces
from Cambodia. ACCORDING TO THIS FORMULA :
THIS BOOK : " GIAI PHONG " by T Terzani. It describes a Vietnamese as THIEF, A
LIAR, A KILLER, A DECEIVER , a sleeper ......
as "Cambodia" Minister of Foreign Affairs , Hor Nam Hong (Vietnamese)
By Taing Sarada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
21 December 2009
An overseas group of advocates has requested the government improve its support
for the Khmer Kampuchea Krom in both Cambodia and Vietnam.
“They should send professional teachers and books from Cambodia to teach our
Khmer Krom in Vietnam,” said Thach Ngoc Thach, head of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom
Federation, which is based in New Jersey.
“They should celebrate Buddhist ceremonies for our Khmer Krom, so that they
learn about Cambodian culture, civilization and religion, because we are the
same nation,” he told VOA Khmer at the end of the organization’s annual
meeting, in California.
“The Cambodian government has made it easy for the Vietnamese government to
support their people in Cambodia,” he said. “Such as building schools and some
other things.”
Khmer Krom in Vietnam do not learn their native Khmer in school, but instead
must learn at pagodas during holidays, advocates say.
“They haven’t received enough Cambodian literature training,” said Thach Prey
Chea Koeun, a 29-year-old monk from Vietnam, who now lives in Phnom Penh. “I
think in the future, the younger generation of Khmer Krom people could forget
the Cambodian national literature. They won’t know about their roots and the
basics of Khmer. I’m afraid that the Khmer Krom youth can easily become
Vietnamese.”
The Khmer Krom live in today’s southern Vietnam, which once belonged to
Cambodia.
Vietnam has an estimated 456 Khmer Krom pagodas, each playing a role in
supporting Cambodian culture and literature. As many as 8 million Khmer Krom
live in southern Vietnam, with up to 300,000 more living in Cambodia, according
to the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation.
A lawmaker for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, Ngoun Nhel, who is also the
vice president of the National Assembly, said the government would likely
review a formal request to aid the Khmer Krom.
The Khmer Kampuchia Krom Federation was established in 1999 in the US and has
worked to promote issues for the group with the UN and US.
Thach Ngoc Thach said a main goal of the organization is to assure the
“Cambodian people and the Cambodian government” that the group is not a danger
to the country. In addition, he said, “we want the Khmer Krom people in Vietnam
to know that they are the owners of the land, and they have full rights to live
on their lands.”
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Kuy Kuong told VOA Khmer that the
government afforded the Khmer Krom the same rights and freedoms as the general
public.
“Our government considers Khmer Krom people who have moved to live in Cambodia
as Cambodian,” he said. “They have the same protection, the same rights and the
same equality before the law as Cambodian citizens.”
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